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Frank Heller, Eugen Pusic, George Strauss, and Bernhard Wilpert
 * Organizational Participation: Myth and Reality **

Team-working, partnership, quality circles, works councils, industrial democracy, empowerment - are they distinct and innovative arrangements or is it a case of new wine in old bottles? In this book four experienced international analysts take the longer view and look at the changing forms of - and changing debates around - organizational participation. The review an extensive literature of experiments and practical experiences through a critical evaluation of the available data to reach balanced conclusions about the importance and utility of this concept for organizations now and in the future. Introduction 1 An Overview 2 Organizational Participation: A View from Psychology 3 Organization Theory and Participation 4 Collective Bargaining, Unions, and Participation 5 Playing the Devil's Advocate: Limits to Influence Sharing in Theory and Practice 6 Participation Works If Conditions are Appropriate 7 Myth and Reality: Valediction Oxford University Press, July, 1998.
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